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No Longer in the Dark: A Primer on the Distinction between Delay and Disruption Damages in a Construction Dispute

Best Practices Construction Law

The contract allowed for “delay damages” if the Contractor’s request for those damages “is determined to be compensable.”. Owner-Related Delays. Although the Contractor’s plans for the construction project anticipated that the County would move the utilities by a particular date, those utilities were moved almost one year later.

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One Awesome Case Discussing The Difference Between Delay and Disruption Damages!

Best Practices Construction Law

Today, one of my legal alerts pointed me to one such case dealing with delay damages and disruption damages. The contract allowed for “delay damages” if the Contractor’s request for those damages “is determined to be compensable.” Rarely do you find a case that succinctly addresses a construction law issue.

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The Case For Paying Marketers More

Help Everybody Everyday

Today, I’m going to make the case for why many marketers are not being properly compensated under Federal law. And I’m going to provide all the information you or they would need to decide for themselves whether or not anyone’s compensation needs to be adjusted. The Highly-Compensated Employees Failsafe. This is huge.

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Bad Bookkeepers Train Their Boss Like Organ Grinders Train Monkeys!

Contractor Bookkeeping

I could easily identify several psychological issues that I knew we did not even want to deal with. We are no longer in construction having decided to focus 100% on our construction accounting practice since early 2000. The idea they would be bold enough to apply for a position knowing I would see right through them was astounding.

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LEAN Collaborative Construction Practices Construction Cost Estimating

Job Order Contracting

Indirect Cost – Overhead items or costs incurred for the benefit of more than one project are indirect costs. Contingency or Reserve Analysis – Allowances used to deal with uncertainty or “knowns-unknowns” and these are added to the cost estimates, thus sometimes overstating construction project costs.

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Contractors Need Reports Not Bookkeeping

Contractor Bookkeeping

There are accounting systems that deal with both quantity and quality. High Overhead Costs (in-house server). Midsize Construction Companies who view construction accounting as an “Overhead Expense” or "Waste of Money" will try to get buy on the cheap. Today most contractors want to know a little more detail.

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Contractors Want Reports Not Bookkeeping

Contractor Bookkeeping

There are accounting systems that deal with both quantity and quality. High Overhead Costs (in-house server). Midsize Construction Companies who view construction accounting as an “Overhead Expense” or "Waste of Money" will try to get buy on the cheap. Today most contractors want to know a little more detail.